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Trump can no longer be dismissed as an aberration, a political side-show, a moral monster or a mere misogynist. By virtue of his electoral victory he is now the expression of the people, an instantiation of the national identity. We have invited Luke Bretherton, Danielle Celermajer, Romand ...

Nick Xenophon says the dramas in the Senate are just a "flesh wound". One Nation's Rod Culleton and Family First's Bob Day elections are in doubt and have been referred to the High Court. How much does this hamstring the Parliament until the end of the year? Senator Xenophon speaks with RN Drive. ...

It was almost unimaginable that the Republican and Democratic parties would nominate their most polarising, politically compromised candidates to contest this year's presidential election. But they did. As a result, American voters are faced with the strange prospect of voting, not so much ...